title: Phospholipids and component fatty acids of the pigeon liver.
abstract: The phospholipids from the livers of adult pigeons were separated by thin layer chromatography and the component fatty acids analyzed by gas liquid chromatography. They consisted of 53.0% phosphatidylcholine, 26.3% phosphatidylethanolamine, 8.6% sphingomyelin, 6.3% cardiolipin and 4.8% lysophosphatidylcholine. Phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine were characterized by a high concentration of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids with the highest percentages in the phosphatidylethanolamine. Sphingomyelin contained up to 64.5% saturated acids. About 80% of the fatty acids present in the cardiolipid fraction consisted of linoleic acid. The liver phospholipids had the same composition in lactating as a nonlactating pigeons, but differed in many respects from those available in the crop-milk.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D010856:Columbidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D003426:Crop, Avian / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid